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While visiting her friend Ingrid in Koln, Yoko finds herself thrust
in the middle of a mystery when a young Japanese woman is attacked
in the cathedral, and whispers a few words before passing out -
notably 'Rheingold', the German name of a Wagner opera. Having
decided to investigate, Yoko finds signs that the victim had
probably set an explosive charge somewhere, and discovers that
'Rheingold' is also the name of... a very special train!
During a new visit to Vinea, Yoko returns to the Archangels'
underwater city, drawn there by a mysterious probe and its damaged
robot pilot, Myna. The latter is soon repaired, and immediately
informs Yoko that the High Council of Vinea has decided to destroy
the wandering space city of Kifa, as it threatens to crash into the
planet. But Kifa is where Myna and her robotic people were exiled
long ago. Yoko and her friend decide to help them...
Yoko, Vic and Pol are in Switzerland, testing a new civilian jet
plane. At the end of their contract, they suddenly find out that
they've unknowingly been preparing a mission for Japanese
Intelligence. During World War Two, the Imperial Army had tested a
colossal cannon, that was later thought destroyed - but massive
calibre shells have now been delivered to an arms trafficker in a
small Asian country. It's up to Yoko to locate the terrible
weapon...
Travelling to Hong Kong to visit the Chinese branch of her family,
Yoko is attacked by a massive, lizard-like creature. She finds a
string of scientific clues and evidence, but as the pragmatic
electronics engineer's investigation progresses, the trail leads
her to a mysterious little girl-and a sense of wonder that will
change her life forever.
On one of the moons of their stellar system, the Vineans have
detected a mysterious light source that only appears every five
years. Its point of origin matches the location of an ancient depot
where every dangerous industrial, chemical and radioactive waste
ever produced on Vinea was once stockpiled. Having no idea what the
light could be, but worried of the destructive potential present on
Ixo, Khany puts together an expedition - and brings along her
favourite Human consultants...
Yoko, Vic and Pol are back on Vinea after a two-month journey in
hibernation. They've barely had time to wake up that the Vineans
are already presenting them with disquieting news: plants of
extravinean origin have been found in a remote part of the planet,
as well as obvious signs of equally alien intelligent life -
colossal in size. An expedition is sent to look for these titans...
Yoko is off on an intergalactic journey this time! One night, on an
isolated moor, Yoko, Vic and Pol are eagerly waiting for their
friend Khany. When she arrives, she whisks them away on a shuttle
and takes them not to one of the Vineans' underground facilities,
but to a station near Saturn. And that's only the first leg of
their journey! They're soon invited to travel much, much further:
the Vineans have decided to return to their planet, to see if it
survived the cataclysm that drove them into exile.
During a glider flight training course, Yoko makes a landing near
an important telecommunication centre, and there meets a mysterious
English Lord. A fortuitous encounter that will propel the young
woman and her friends into an incredible adventure - her combined
skills as a pilot and an electronic engineer make her the ideal
candidate for an insane project: land a glider clandestinely inside
a crater at the border of China, Russia and Afghanistan.
Yoko returns to the alien world underneath our own. A strange
accident at an offshore platform in the Caribbean draws Yoko, Vic
and Pol into a new encounter with the Vineans - aliens who have
lived underground for thousands of years without the world's
knowledge. But Vinean politics are changing; some factions now
believe it would be best to return to the surface, share it with
the humans...while others are bent on taking it over by force. The
young Japanese will have to fight to protect peace.
There is a volcano in Bali, the Agung, called The Morning of the
WorldA" by the locals. And that's where Yoko meets up with her
cousin Monya-who couldn't resist the temptation to use her time
machine again. Her meddling with the past has caused a sacred
dancer to be sentenced to death. To save the young woman and make
things right, Yoko will have to travel back to 1350 AD and face the
terrifying flying demons of the Agung...
Pretty, intelligent and combative, Yoko Tsuno is an electronics
engineer who always remains faithful to her values: loyalty,
friendship and respect for life. In this volume, a megalomaniac
businessman has stolen the artificial typhoon created by Yoko's
father and intends to use it as a military weapon. Hundreds of
lives are in danger. Yoko and Aoki, her teacher, eventually manage
to neutralise the typhoon, but Aoki has to sacrifice himself in the
process.
While driving on a road in Scotland, Yoko barely manages to miss a
girl who is absolutely hysterical and being followed by a pack of
dogs... The girl, Cecilia, is an orphan who lives in a genuine
Scottish castle. Yoko and her friends soon realize that oddities
surround the girl. A mysterious castle, ghosts... A whiff of the
supernatural floats around the young Scotswoman... Will she be the
victim of an odious conspiracy? Intelligent, courageous and pretty,
Yoko Tsuno is an electronics engineer. This specialization draws
her and her friends Pol and Vic into adventures that cross the line
between fantasy and science fiction.
Back in Borneo, where she grew up, Yoko Tsuno visits some favorite
temple ruins and sees a strange machine materialize nearby. Out
climbs a young girl with a startling message: She is from the 39th
century and has come on a mission to save humanity from destruction
... Intelligent, courageous and pretty, Yoko Tsuno is an
electronics engineer. This specialization draws her and her friends
Pol and Vic into adventures that cross the line between fantasy and
science fiction. Yoko travels the globe through time and space, but
no matter where her exploits take her, the young girl never forgets
values such as loyalty, friendship and respect for life.
When Ingrid, Yoko's organist friend, invites her to a German
castle, what are the chances it's merely for a concert? Among a
collection of ancient instruments she is there to authenticate,
Ingrid found a strange, technologically advanced device. It
belonged to a physicist whose final work was, supposedly, a
so-called 'death ray'. Trouble soon follows, and to prevent a
mysterious gang from stealing the horrific technology, Yoko and her
friends may have no choice but... to use it.
Travelling down the Rhine, Yoko and her friends save a young
stranger from drowning. Sensing foul play, the young Japanese girl
decides to stay with her new friend Ingrid and investigate the
unusual circumstances. There, amidst the beautiful castles of the
Rhine Valley, she will face a danger straight out of the
Renaissance and battle the devil himself to the sound of his own
monstrous pipe organ.
When a suspended animation pod with a child inside washes ashore on
an isolated island of Vinea, Khany is dispatched to investigate -
and takes Yoko along with her. The trail leads Khany to a strange
tower that emerges from the water at regular intervals. But by the
time Yoko follows suit, Khany has disappeared, the tower begins to
sink again, and a mysterious, angel-faced Vinean is about to be
shot by men who appeared from beneath the waves.
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